Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It’s about how those police are deployed.
THERESA MAYJust as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.
More Theresa May Quotes
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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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I know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that punishes Britain. That would be an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of Europe, and it would not be the act of a friend.
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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government’s negotiating position is on Brexit.
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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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People feel that they’re being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
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The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.
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The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters – think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair’s rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.
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Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.
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I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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As I’ve said previously as home secretary, dealing with immigration isn’t just a single issue and a single measure and a single step that you take. You’ve got to keep working at that over time.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I’m sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.
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I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative party.
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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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